Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 16, 2009

I know this sounds strange coming from someone writing an admittedly self-expressive blog post, but hear me out. Does that sound like a fun and rewarding casual activity to you? You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

It’s inherently different though as it offers more editing tools that give content creators the freedom to link four 15-second videos together, add text, and edit sound. TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. TikTok, which officially launched in the United States in 2016, quickly rose to popularity, filling the void left by Vine.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

First Floor Exploring and making jars with the instructional mural in the background. We tried collecting dreams, collecting smells or sounds or stories, but memories was most resonant. Since the activity is so simple to explain, we hired a local illustrator to create a giant mural to provide instructions in an IKEA dreamland style.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

Sounds great. Here are a couple of things I’d like to see: Labels that instruct you where and how to look. Also, the teen selections often featured teenagers interviewing visitors about their reactions to the pieces. How do I start? “So, So, how’s it hanging?” How can labels help people have a deeper connection with art?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 7, 2008

When I watch the videos teens created at the Exploratorium and post on YouTube, I see the aspects of the exhibits they thought were most important to share with their classmates. This may sound strange, but Mini determined via brand monitoring that they had an extremely enthusiastic, Web 2.0-active

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

To some people, these events may sound like losers. Librarian Aaron Schmidt tells the great story of a game night of Dance, Dance, Revolution at his library in which a teen asked him: “Hey Aaron, can I go upstairs to grab a magazine and book to read?” Talk to the folks at Instructables. That's not part of our mission!

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